Kensington and Chelsea council voted on 6 June to replace all fire doors across the borough. This comes a year after the fire that destroyed Grenfell Tower and took the lives of 71 people. The council confirmed that they will replace a total of 4,000 fire doors at a...

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service have issued the county’s largest hospital with an enforcement order after a fire uncovered issues with safety. The fire – thought to be arson – at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, run by the University Hospitals of North...

The recent Manchester flats fire story reported here by the BBC is a reminder of the importance of maintaining fire safety standards. Thankfully, no-one was killed and it doesn’t appear that exterior cladding – one of the contributing factors to the Grenfell fire – is...

Fire doors are, without doubt, essential passive fire protection. Buildings use two main complementary types of fire protection system, passive and active. Passive fire protection refers to elements of the building structure such as doors, floors and walls. So, why...

Passive fire protection hit the headlines during summer 2017 following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower in London. It was widely debated in the media that one of the issues in the tower block was the lack of an effective passive fire protection system. So, how does...

There are millions of fire doors in operation up and down the UK in shops, offices, factories and many other types of building. They are all around us and yet we rarely pay them any attention. And yes, they could mean the difference between life, death and prosecution...